Am 30.06.2011 13:47, schrieb Alexander Graf: > On 06/24/2011 04:50 PM, stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com wrote: >> From: Stefano Stabellini<stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com> >> >> Sometimes the toolstack uses "aio" without an additional format >> identifier, in such cases use "raw". > > Shouldn't this rather be a patch to the toolstack then? We do automatic > file format recognition as default. I find magical "aio equals raw" > subtleties rather unintuitive.
The asynchronous raw blktap driver is (was?) called "aio", so I guess it's to stay compatible with that. Has always been this way in Xen (and has always been confusing). As long as it stays in xen_disk.c, I don't really mind... Kevin
